Improvement in cast-metal desks



UNITEID STATEs DANIEL FITZGERALD,

0E NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAST-METAL DESKS.

Specioation forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,504, dated December5, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL FITZGERALD, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new article of manufacture, consisting of aCast-Metal Desk; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying' dra-win g which forms part of this specification, inwhich- Figure l is a perspective View, and Fig. 2 a transverse verticalsection.

To enable others to make and use my invention I will proceed to describethe same.

As a metallic desk my invention may be made in any of the forms in whichdesksrare now made by preparing the necessary patterns and proceeding asusual in other articles made of cast metal. By properly ornamrenting thepatterns the most elaborate designs may be produced of fancy fret- Work,scrolls, and gures in relief, and various carvings, all without anyadditional expense of casting. I prefer to make the desks in sections,thereby making them easy of transportation for long or short distances,as in shipping them, or in moving from one locality to another in thesame place or city.

In the drawing annexed I have shown a desk Whe-rein the whole, beingcomprised of four principal parts or sections, gives a very simpleconstruction, admitting of being easily taken apart or put together. A Bare upright sections, and, respectively, form parts of the case orcloset above, and below make the legs. C is the top,

and has a rim, g, cast on the under side, which sets down over andembraces the upper ends of the sections A B, holding them together atthe top; and the bottom f, cast on the back section B, extends to thefront, and is fastened thereto by a bolt or key, k, passed through saidbottom and thro ugh an un dcrl ap pin g projection, h, cast on the frontpart A; this single bolt, therefore, holds the sections together. Thedoor D is pivoted at i, and when opened and let down rests on theshelving portion of the front part A. A slight change in the form ofthis portion, as indicated by the inclined dotted lines, will adapt thesame to the purpose oi' a Writing-table. The top C has a rim, H, cast onthe upper side to adapt such top to receive books or other articles. Lrepresents a mirror hung in suitable standards.

In the construction of cast-metal desks I do not contine myselfl tospecial forms or construction and the desk I have described may bevaried materially, while the invention remains substantiallyunchanged-as, for example, the bottom j may be cast on the front sectioninstead of the back; or, by removing the back section and duplicatingthe front one, a double desk may be made; and other means may be used tolock the parts together, &c.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A cast-metal desk as a new article of manufacture, substantially asdescribed.

DANIEL FITZGERALD. Witnesses:

EARLE H. SMITH,

L. H. GANO. (62)

